COVER INFORMATION Station: CDDBBC (Code Cd ) Experiment: Proper motion of the newly discovered helical filaments in the M87 pc-sc Exp. Code: gs039 Schedule Version: 2.00 Processed by SCHED version: 11.40 Release 11.4. March 14, 2015 PI: Tuomas Savolainen Address: Aalto University Metsahovi Radio Observatory Metsahovintie 114 02540 Kylmala Finland Phone: +358 29 442 4855 EMAIL: tuomas.k.savolainen@aalto.fi Fax: +358 9 256 4531 Phone during observation: +358 50 581 9717 Observing mode: EVN+LBA+VLBA L-band continuum, dual-pol Notes: Please send diskpacks to JIVE Fringe finder: 3C273 Schedule for CDDBBC (Code Cd ) Page 2 Proper motion of the newly discovered helical filaments in the M87 pc-sc UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 26 May 2017 Day 146 --- Next scan frequencies: 1610.00 1610.00 1610.00 1610.00 1642.00 1642.00 1642.00 1642.00 1674.00 1674.00 1674.00 1674.00 1706.00 1706.00 1706.00 1706.00 Next BBC frequencies: 490.00 490.00 490.00 490.00 458.00 458.00 458.00 458.00 426.00 426.00 426.00 426.00 394.00 394.00 394.00 394.00 Next scan bandwidths: 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 09 00 00 1226+023 10 11 45 42.9 50.7 -2.3 -138.9 0 0 09 00 00 09 03 00 --- 10 14 45 43.4 50.0 -2.3 -139.4 180 23 09 00 01 09 04 00 1226+023 10 15 45 43.6 49.7 -2.2 -139.6 56 23 09 04 00 09 07 00 --- 10 18 46 44.1 48.9 -2.2 -140.2 180 46 09 04 01 09 08 00 1226+023 10 19 46 44.2 48.6 -2.2 -140.4 56 46 09 08 00 09 11 00 --- 10 22 47 44.7 47.8 -2.1 -141.0 180 69 09 08 01 09 12 00 1226+023 10 23 47 44.8 47.5 -2.1 -141.2 56 69 09 12 00 09 15 00 --- 10 26 47 45.3 46.7 -2.1 -141.8 180 92 09 12 01 09 16 00 1226+023 10 27 47 45.5 46.4 -2.0 -142.0 56 92 09 16 00 09 19 00 --- 10 30 48 45.9 45.6 -2.0 -142.6 180 115 09 16 01 09 20 00 1226+023 10 31 48 46.1 45.3 -2.0 -142.9 56 115 09 20 00 09 23 00 --- 10 34 48 46.5 44.4 -1.9 -143.5 180 138 09 20 01 09 24 00 1226+023 10 35 49 46.7 44.1 -1.9 -143.7 56 138 09 24 00 09 27 00 --- 10 38 49 47.1 43.2 -1.9 -144.4 180 162 09 24 01 09 28 00 1226+023 10 39 49 47.3 42.9 -1.8 -144.6 56 162 09 28 00 09 31 00 --- 10 42 50 47.7 42.0 -1.8 -145.3 180 185 09 28 01 09 32 00 1226+023 10 43 50 47.8 41.7 -1.8 -145.6 56 185 09 32 00 09 35 00 --- 10 46 50 48.3 40.8 -1.7 -146.3 180 208 09 32 01 09 36 00 1226+023 10 47 51 48.4 40.5 -1.7 -146.5 56 208 09 36 00 09 39 00 --- 10 50 51 48.8 39.5 -1.7 -147.3 180 231 09 36 01 09 40 00 1226+023 10 51 51 48.9 39.2 -1.6 -147.5 56 231 09 40 00 09 43 00 --- 10 54 52 49.3 38.2 -1.6 -148.3 180 254 09 40 01 09 44 00 1226+023 10 55 52 49.5 37.9 -1.6 -148.5 56 254 09 44 00 09 47 00 --- 10 58 52 49.9 36.9 -1.5 -149.3 180 277 09 44 01 09 48 00 1226+023 10 59 53 50.0 36.6 -1.5 -149.6 56 277 09 48 00 09 51 00 --- 11 02 53 50.4 35.5 -1.5 -150.4 180 300 09 48 01 Schedule for CDDBBC (Code Cd ) Page 3 Proper motion of the newly discovered helical filaments in the M87 pc-sc UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 26 May 2017 Day 146 --- 09 52 00 1226+023 11 03 53 50.5 35.2 -1.4 -150.7 56 300 09 52 00 09 55 00 --- 11 06 54 50.9 34.2 -1.4 -151.5 180 323 09 52 01 09 56 00 1226+023 11 07 54 51.0 33.8 -1.4 -151.8 56 323 09 56 00 09 59 00 --- 11 10 54 51.3 32.8 -1.3 -152.6 180 346 09 56 01 ---------- EVN joins the array ---------- 10 00 00 1219+044 11 11 55 50.2 28.5 -1.2 -156.0 34 346 10 00 00 10 02 00 --- 11 13 55 50.4 27.8 -1.2 -156.6 120 362 10 00 01 10 02 50 1228+126 11 14 45 42.1 25.7 -1.3 -157.8 13 362 10 02 50 10 12 00 --- 11 23 57 42.9 22.9 -1.1 -160.2 550 432 10 02 51 10 12 20 1228+126 11 24 17 43.0 22.8 -1.1 -160.3 16 432 10 12 20 10 22 00 --- 11 33 58 43.7 19.7 -1.0 -163.0 580 506 10 12 21 10 22 50 1219+044 11 34 48 52.2 20.0 -0.8 -163.1 13 506 10 22 50 10 25 00 --- 11 36 59 52.4 19.1 -0.8 -163.8 130 523 10 22 51 10 26 00 1253-055 11 37 59 58.1 39.6 -1.3 -147.0 3 523 10 26 00 10 28 00 --- 11 39 59 58.4 38.8 -1.3 -147.7 120 538 10 26 01 10 29 30 1228+126 11 41 29 44.2 17.2 -0.8 -165.1 32 538 10 29 30 10 39 00 --- 11 51 01 44.8 14.1 -0.7 -167.8 570 612 10 29 31 10 39 20 1228+126 11 51 21 44.8 14.0 -0.7 -167.9 16 612 10 39 20 10 49 00 --- 12 01 03 45.2 10.7 -0.5 -170.7 580 686 10 39 21 10 49 50 1219+044 12 01 53 53.6 9.0 -0.4 -172.3 13 686 10 49 50 10 52 00 --- 12 04 03 53.7 8.1 -0.3 -173.1 130 703 10 49 51 10 52 50 1228+126 12 04 53 45.4 9.3 -0.4 -171.9 13 703 10 52 50 11 02 00 --- 12 14 05 45.6 6.2 -0.3 -174.6 550 773 10 52 51 11 02 20 1228+126 12 14 25 45.6 6.0 -0.3 -174.7 16 773 11 02 20 11 12 00 --- 12 24 06 45.8 2.7 -0.1 -177.7 580 847 11 02 21 11 12 50 1219+044 12 24 57 54.0 -0.7 0.0 179.4 14 847 11 12 50 11 15 00 --- 12 27 07 54.0 -1.6 0.1 178.6 130 864 11 12 51 11 15 40 1226+023 12 27 47 56.2 1.0 -0.0 -179.2 18 864 11 15 40 11 23 00 --- 12 35 08 56.2 -2.3 0.1 178.0 440 921 11 15 41 Schedule for CDDBBC (Code Cd ) Page 4 Proper motion of the newly discovered helical filaments in the M87 pc-sc UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 26 May 2017 Day 146 --- 11 24 00 1253-055 12 36 08 63.6 11.8 -0.3 -170.0 13 921 11 24 00 11 26 00 --- 12 38 09 63.6 10.7 -0.3 -170.9 120 936 11 24 01 11 27 30 1228+126 12 39 39 45.8 -2.8 0.1 177.6 37 936 11 27 30 11 37 00 --- 12 49 10 45.6 -6.1 0.3 174.7 570 1009 11 27 31 11 37 20 1228+126 12 49 31 45.6 -6.2 0.3 174.6 16 1009 11 37 20 11 47 00 --- 12 59 12 45.3 -9.6 0.5 171.7 580 1083 11 37 21 11 47 50 1219+044 13 00 02 53.0 -15.3 0.6 167.0 15 1083 11 47 50 11 50 00 --- 13 02 13 52.8 -16.2 0.6 166.2 130 1100 11 47 51 ---------- Zelenchuskaya joins ---------- 11 50 50 1228+126 13 03 03 45.2 -10.9 0.5 170.5 15 1100 11 50 50 12 00 00 --- 13 12 14 44.8 -14.0 0.7 167.8 550 1171 11 50 51 12 00 20 1228+126 13 12 34 44.8 -14.1 0.7 167.8 16 1171 12 00 20 12 10 00 --- 13 22 16 44.2 -17.4 0.8 165.0 580 1245 12 00 21 ---------- Svetloe, Irbene and Torun join ---------- 12 10 50 1219+044 13 23 06 51.3 -24.3 1.0 159.5 16 1245 12 10 50 12 13 00 --- 13 25 16 51.1 -25.1 1.0 158.8 130 1262 12 10 51 12 13 50 1228+126 13 26 07 44.0 -18.6 0.9 163.9 16 1262 12 13 50 12 23 00 --- 13 35 18 43.3 -21.6 1.1 161.4 550 1332 12 13 51 12 23 20 1228+126 13 35 38 43.3 -21.7 1.1 161.3 16 1332 12 23 20 12 33 00 --- 13 45 20 42.4 -24.7 1.2 158.7 580 1406 12 23 21 12 33 50 1219+044 13 46 10 49.0 -32.5 1.4 152.8 15 1406 12 33 50 12 36 00 --- 13 48 20 48.7 -33.2 1.4 152.2 130 1423 12 33 51 12 37 00 1253-055 13 49 20 61.3 -27.9 0.9 156.5 15 1423 12 37 00 12 39 00 --- 13 51 21 61.1 -28.8 0.9 155.7 120 1438 12 37 01 12 40 30 1228+126 13 52 51 41.7 -27.0 1.4 156.8 35 1438 12 40 30 12 50 00 --- 14 02 22 40.8 -29.8 1.5 154.4 570 1512 12 40 31 12 50 20 1228+126 14 02 43 40.8 -29.9 1.5 154.3 16 1512 12 50 20 13 00 00 --- 14 12 24 39.7 -32.7 1.7 152.0 580 1586 12 50 21 Schedule for CDDBBC (Code Cd ) Page 5 Proper motion of the newly discovered helical filaments in the M87 pc-sc UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 26 May 2017 Day 146 --- ---------- HartRAO and Onsala join ---------- 13 00 50 1219+044 14 13 14 45.5 -41.1 1.8 146.0 13 1586 13 00 50 13 03 00 --- 14 15 25 45.2 -41.7 1.9 145.5 130 1603 13 00 51 13 03 50 1228+126 14 16 15 39.2 -33.8 1.7 151.1 14 1603 13 03 50 13 13 00 --- 14 25 26 38.1 -36.2 1.9 149.1 550 1673 13 03 51 13 13 30 1228+126 14 25 56 38.1 -36.4 1.9 149.0 26 1673 13 13 30 13 23 00 --- 14 35 28 36.8 -38.9 2.1 146.9 570 1746 13 13 31 13 23 50 1219+044 14 36 18 42.1 -47.5 2.2 141.1 13 1746 13 23 50 13 26 00 --- 14 38 28 41.8 -48.1 2.3 140.7 130 1763 13 23 51 13 27 00 1253-055 14 39 29 54.7 -48.0 1.7 140.6 15 1763 13 27 00 13 29 00 --- 14 41 29 54.4 -48.7 1.7 140.1 120 1778 13 27 01 ---------- Medicina joins ---------- 13 30 30 1228+126 14 42 59 35.8 -40.8 2.2 145.4 36 1778 13 30 30 13 40 00 --- 14 52 31 34.4 -43.1 2.3 143.6 570 1851 13 30 31 13 40 30 1228+126 14 53 01 34.4 -43.2 2.4 143.5 26 1851 13 40 30 13 50 00 --- 15 02 32 33.0 -45.4 2.5 141.8 570 1924 13 40 31 ---------- Effelsberg, Jodrell Bank and Westerbork join ---------- 13 51 00 1219+044 15 03 33 37.6 -54.1 2.7 136.4 23 1924 13 51 00 13 53 00 --- 15 05 33 37.3 -54.6 2.7 136.1 120 1940 13 51 01 13 54 00 1228+126 15 06 33 32.3 -46.3 2.6 141.0 23 1940 13 54 00 14 03 00 --- 15 15 34 30.9 -48.3 2.7 139.5 540 2009 13 54 01 14 03 30 1228+126 15 16 05 30.9 -48.4 2.7 139.4 27 2009 14 03 30 14 13 00 --- 15 25 36 29.3 -50.4 2.9 137.9 570 2082 14 03 31 14 14 00 1219+044 15 26 36 33.5 -59.1 3.1 133.1 23 2082 14 14 00 14 16 00 --- 15 28 37 33.2 -59.5 3.1 132.8 120 2097 14 14 01 14 16 50 1226+023 15 29 27 35.7 -60.2 3.0 132.5 28 2097 14 16 50 14 24 00 --- 15 36 38 34.4 -61.7 3.1 131.6 430 2153 14 16 51 14 25 10 1253-055 15 37 48 44.4 -63.9 2.7 129.9 30 2153 14 25 10 14 27 10 --- 15 39 48 44.0 -64.4 2.7 129.7 120 2168 14 25 11 Schedule for CDDBBC (Code Cd ) Page 6 Proper motion of the newly discovered helical filaments in the M87 pc-sc UP: D => Below limits; H => Below horizon mask; W => still slewing at end; blank => Up. Early: Seconds between end of slew and start. Dwell: On source seconds. Disk: GBytes recorded to this point. TPStart: Recording start time. Frequencies are LO sum (band edge). SYNC: Time correlator is expected to sync up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Start UT Source Start / Stop Early Disk TPStart Stop UT LST EL AZ HA UP ParA Dwell GBytes SYNC ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Fri 26 May 2017 Day 146 --- 14 28 30 1219+044 15 41 09 30.8 -62.0 3.3 131.3 35 2168 14 28 30 14 30 40 --- 15 43 19 30.4 -62.4 3.3 131.0 130 2185 14 28 31 14 31 40 1228+126 15 44 19 26.2 -54.2 3.2 135.2 23 2185 14 31 40 14 40 40 --- 15 53 21 24.6 -55.9 3.4 134.0 540 2254 14 31 41 14 41 10 1228+126 15 53 51 24.5 -56.0 3.4 133.9 27 2254 14 41 10 14 50 40 --- 16 03 22 22.8 -57.7 3.5 132.7 570 2327 14 41 11 14 51 40 1219+044 16 04 22 26.4 -66.2 3.7 128.8 23 2327 14 51 40 14 53 50 --- 16 06 33 26.0 -66.6 3.7 128.6 130 2344 14 51 41 14 55 00 1228+126 16 07 43 22.0 -58.5 3.6 132.2 34 2344 14 55 00 15 00 00 --- 16 12 44 21.1 -59.4 3.7 131.6 300 2382 14 55 01 SETUP FILE INFORMATION: NOTE: If DOPPLER, FREQ, or BW were used, see the individual scans for the final BBC settings. ======== Setup file: sess217.L1024glob --- WARNING --- This group does not match an entry in the frequency catalog. This might be ok because the catalog is not complete. But be very careful to be sure that the setup is correct. Setup group: 25 Station: CDDBBC Total bit rate: 1024 Format: MARK5B Bits per sample: 2 Sample rate: 32.000 Number of channels: 16 DBE type: DBBC_DDC Speedup factor: 1.00 Disk used to record data. 1st LO= 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 2100.00 Net SB= L L U U L L U U L L U U L L U U IF SB = L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L L Pol. = RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP RCP LCP BBC = 1 5 1 5 2 6 2 6 3 7 3 7 4 8 4 8 BBC SB= U U L L U U L L U U L L U U L L IF = A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 A1 B1 The following frequency sets based on these setups were used. Frequency Set: 4 Setup file default. Used with PCAL = off LO sum= 1610.00 1610.00 1610.00 1610.00 1642.00 1642.00 1642.00 1642.00 1674.00 1674.00 1674.00 1674.00 1706.00 1706.00 1706.00 1706.00 BBC fr= 490.00 490.00 490.00 490.00 458.00 458.00 458.00 458.00 426.00 426.00 426.00 426.00 394.00 394.00 394.00 394.00 Bandwd= 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 16.00 Matching frequency sets: 4 Track assignments are: track1= 2, 10, 18, 26, 4, 12, 20, 28, 6, 14, 22, 30, 8, 16, 24, 32 barrel=roll_off POSITIONS OF SOURCES USED IN RECORDING SCANS Source Source position (RA/Dec) Error (B1950) (J2000) (Date) (mas) * 1219+044 12 19 49.255033 * 12 22 22.549623 12 23 15.866640 0.10 J1222+0413 04 29 53.60828 * 04 13 15.77607 04 07 31.54120 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 35127 observations * 1226+023 12 26 33.245835 * 12 29 06.699731 12 30 00.133541 0.10 J1229+0203 02 19 43.30558 * 02 03 08.59808 01 57 25.08738 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 32035 observations * 1228+126 12 28 17.569279 * 12 30 49.423381 12 31 42.199993 0.10 J1230+1223 12 40 01.74887 * 12 23 28.04369 12 17 48.05249 0.10 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 58965 observations * 1253-055 12 53 35.831290 * 12 56 11.166558 12 57 05.486122 0.10 J1256-0547 -05 31 07.99622 *-05 47 21.52508 -05 52 58.64530 0.11 /home/guest/rmc/SCHED/sched11.4/catalogs/sources.rfc rfc_2015a Petrov, 2015, unpublished. 8135 observations SOURCE SCAN SUMMARY FOR SOURCES LISTED ABOVE Scan hours are for recording scans only. Baseline hours are only counted for scans above horizon at both ends. Source Setup file Frequency sets Observing hours (duplicates not shown) Scan Baseline 1219+044 sess217.L1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 + 1.639 126.073 1226+023 sess217.L1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 + 1.622 69.636 1228+126 sess217.L1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 + 12.644 1037.843 1253-055 sess217.L1024glob 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 11 12 13 14 + 0.650 41.403 EFFECT OF SOLAR CORONA The solar corona can cause unstable phases for sources too close to the Sun. SCHED provides warnings at individual scans for distances less than 10 degrees. The distance from the Sun to each source in this schedule is: Source Sun distance (deg) 1219+044 117.8 1226+023 120.3 1228+126 115.7 1253-055 129.7 Barry Clark estimates from predictions by Ketan Desai of IPM scattering sizes that the Sun will cause amplitude reductions on the longest VLBA baselines at a solar distance of 60deg F^(-0.6) where F is in GHz. For common VLBI bands, this is: 327 MHz 117. deg 610 MHz 81. deg 1.6 GHz 45. deg 2.3 GHz 36. deg 5.0 GHz 23. deg 8.4 GHz 17. deg 15.0 GHz 12. deg 22.0 GHz 9. deg 43.0 GHz 6. deg